#334: The Moment I Stepped Inside (Your World)

[sweetestjongin]

Title: The Moment I Stepped Inside (Your World)
Pairing(s): TaoKai, side pairings: SeHo, BaekChen
Rating: PG
Length: 17382
Summary: Jongin has the worst luck with technology and Zitao has never seen a customer come in on a weekly basis.

Author's Note: First of all, thank you, mods, for holding this fest and being so understanding and helpful! To the prompter, I hope you enjoy this and that it lives up to your prompt! This is the second fest I've signed up for, so it was definitely an adventure. To my beta, K, thank you so much for putting up with me and helping me with this. Without further ado, I hope everyone enjoys this!



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Comments

[soybean-88.livejournal.com]

This was so cute and fluffy! You did a great job filling the prompt. I remeber seeing it on the list and wondering about all the creative ways someone could break their phone, hehe. Thank you for writing!

(Baekhyun would totally sit on the counter of a shop ^_-)

[belovedtaozi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for reading and the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I think coming up with ways that Jongin breaks his phone was the hardest part of this fic lol.

[xo-thefirst.livejournal.com]

okay, i swear i read this new years' eve (AND LOVED IT) and i'll leave a proper comment soon
but life is a little crazy right now ;o; i will return! (ps. this is my prompt and bless you for choosing it
and writing TAOKAI of all pairings even though i listed them as one of the ones i want but yes bless ;u;)

[thebakaberry.livejournal.com]

This was so cute and honestly so relatable because i cracked my stupid phone screen the other day too. I can literally feel Jongin's frutrationnnn TT TT I love the progression of their relationship and how they slowly got closer before finally getting together officially 10/10 also ngl but I love the baekchen back there with all my heart like honestly bless you for adding that it

Thank you so much for writing taokai(!!!! The world always needs more taokai) you did such a great job with this!

[belovedtaozi.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it!!
And honestly, I just cracked my phone screen the other day lmao. I wonder if this is karma for torturing poor Jongin in this fic. It is so miserable huhu.
ngl but I love baekchen and I couldn't help but throw it in there. it was so a self-indulgent thing.
Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment!!

[rosevic87.livejournal.com]

I loved it! It was so fluffy and cute! I can so relate to a Jongin with cracking my screen right after fixing it. Mine is cracked and I'm deciding if I should get iPhone 7+ or wait for the 8 (lol) because the screen is much more durable than the 6 but $$$

Thank you for writing this story!

[belovedtaozi.livejournal.com]

I'm happy you liked it!!
And oh gosh! I cannot imagine cracking the screen of a brand new phone tbh. I just cracked my phone's screen the other day, but I have had it for 2 years so it was probably going to happen eventually. x.x
But yes $$$ is always the root of phone problems.

Thank you so much for reading and commenting!

[sugaryandsalted.livejournal.com]

Wah, this was so cool!!
I had so much fun reading this ♥
Where to start... for one, it's been forever since I read a fic really starring Tao, and you made me remember how much I miss reading about him! I think Tao isn't easy to get right, but you totally did, and I loved it. Him. I loved him.
And of course Jongin was a big bundle of adorable fluff.
I felt him sooo much whenever he made awkward advances. He's 100% me in that department, and that had me even more engaged *haha*

The whole thing going on between BaekChen was as entertaining to me as it was to Tao, and I really liked the whole snappy conversations you had going on with people constantly trying to fluster each other.

And oh boy, let's hope Tao can sneak in a few free repairs, cause for 180 dollars, you're genuinely better off buying a new phone, Jongin.... he obviously needs one of these indestructible, clunky grandpa phones.

Thank you so much for writing TaoKai! ♥
I enjoyed this aaall the way, so kudos and hugs and a random bouquet of flowers to you x3

[belovedtaozi.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you had fun reading it;;
Also I'm glad you think I got him right and that you loved it, oh gosh. I was so worried haha.
I feel you, I'm so awkward and I feel like Jongin is like that with people he is initially meeting.
I love baekchen, it was so self-indulgent. I love their dynamics haha.
Also I wish he could! I'm sure Tao will foot the bill occasionally now that they are dating lol. It is so expensive and I agree that he would be better off buying a new phone or one of those nokias from 2001 lmao.
I had so much fun writing TaoKai, we need more tbh;;
Thank you so much for reading and commenting!

[sugaryandsalted.livejournal.com]

Great, now I'm imagining Jongin with a brick-like, old Nokia xD
Or one of those phones for the elderly, with huge buttons and a thick plastic frame...

You're very welcome ♥

[alexa31.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I was expecting to wait at least a half a million years, and maybe even have some sacrificial rituals before I got another Taokai fic.

And then this happened, and I almost cried!

And this-- this was perfection! I enjoyed this so so much, everything about it was so sweet and just such a joy to read!

There must be something seriously wrong with Jongin LMAO; his luck cannot be that bad. Or well, he got a boyfriend in the grand scheme of things, so I guess his luck kinda balanced out, hahaha!! I love everything, the au its set in, the surrounding characters; everything just worked for me!

I loved how well they worked with each other, and it was really so cute, and so sweet. Like, that kind of ordinary, yet a little extraordinary way in which you can meet someone, and get along so well!

An awesomely awesome read! Good job, authornim!

[belovedtaozi.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel huhu, I'm always desperate for TaoKai fics;;
Ahhhhh, I'm so glad you liked it and enjoyed reading it oh gosh!!
And honestly, Jongin is so unlucky lmao. Though, you're right, he did get a boyfriend at the end, even if it cost him a bit of money lol.
I'm so happy you liked everything, even the surrounding characters ;u;
Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment, it means a lot!!

[mokyulpwns.livejournal.com]

I really loved this fic!!

I loved how Jongin got out of his comfort zone and started doing all these unexpected things. I also loved the genuine and natural progression of Taokai's relationship...they didn't follow any pattern...they just went with the flow and I liked it!!!!

I loved bff!Sekai, Tao's co-workers and the general mood of the fic.

But the best thing was the different ways Jongin broke his phone. Just genius!

[belovedtaozi.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed reading it! I'm happy that the progression of their relationship felt natural and genuine, I was actually a little worried I had rushed it too much;;

I enjoyed trying to come up with different ways for him to break his phone, so I'm glad you think that haha.
Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment!!